KARACHI: In a major achievement, Naila Kiani became the first Pakistani woman to scale all the 8,000-metre high peaks in the country when she successfully scaled the world’s 12th highest peak – Broad Peak at 8,047 meters on Thursday.
He has climbed a total of 14 8,000m peaks worldwide.
“Naila has successfully scaled Pakistan’s fifth and final 8,000m peak today [Thursday] at 2:30 am,” said Karar Hydari, secretary of the Alpine Club of Pakistan (ACP).
“She is the first Pakistani woman to climb Broad Peak, the first Pakistani woman to climb all 8,000 meter peaks in Pakistan and the first 8,000 meter peak worldwide,” he added.
Mount Everest, K2, Lhotse, Annapurna, Gasherbrum 1 and 2, and Nanga Parbat are among the mountains she has climbed before.
He was also awarded the third highest civilian award, Satara Imtiaz, in recognition of his successful summit of Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak, in May.
President of Pakistan Dr. Arif Alvi also praised Naila for her outstanding achievement.
— Dr. Arif Alvi (@ArifAlvi) July 20, 2023
Earlier, another Pakistani climber, Sajid Sadpara, summited Broad Peak on Wednesday without supplemental oxygen and Sherpas, local help.
Sudpara has now climbed all five to eight thousand in Pakistan without any supplemental oxygen.
It should be noted that Sajid, son of legendary mountaineer Ali Sadpara, aims to climb all 14 eight thousand mountains without the help of supplemental oxygen.
He successfully climbed Nanga Parbat in June without supplemental oxygen and Sherpa assistance.
He has summited K2 (8,611m), Gasherbrum-I (8,080m) and Gasherbrum-II (8,035m) in Pakistan as well as Manaslu (8,163m) in Nepal without supplemental oxygen.
Sajid has also accomplished the unique feat of scaling the world’s highest peak, Mount Everest, in May 2023 without the help of supplementary oxygen and Sherpas.
